Topic '[FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster' in forum 'Mozilla Software' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23185072 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:31:51 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:31:51 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23358317
Now running 3.6 Beta3]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23358317 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:04:59 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23356514 Firefox 3.6 Beta revision 3
released November 17th, 2009
»releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla···s/3.6b3/

Changelog:
»en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/fire···senotes/

Notable:
Component Directory Lockdown
In addition to the standard mechanism for extending the browser via add-ons and plugins, though, there has historically been another way to do it. Third-party applications installed on your machine would sometimes try extend Firefox by just adding their own code directly to the “components” directory, where much of Firefox’s own code is stored.

There are no special abilities that come from doing things this way, but there are some significant disadvantages. For one thing, components installed in this way aren’t user-visible, meaning that users can’t manage them through the add-ons manager, or disable them if they’re encountering difficulties. What’s worse, components dropped blindly into Firefox in this way don’t carry version information with them, which means that when users upgrade Firefox and these components become incompatible, there’s no way to tell Firefox to disable them. This can lead to all kinds of unfortunate behaviour: lost functionality, performance woes, and outright crashing – often immediately on startup.

In Firefox 3.6 (including upcoming beta refreshes), we’re closing this door. Third party applications can still extend Firefox via add-ons and plugins the way they always could, but the components directory will be for Firefox only.

If you’re a Firefox user, this should be 100% positive. You don’t have to change anything, your regular add-ons should continue to work properly – you just might notice fewer crashes or odd bugs.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23356514 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:53:06 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23334628 »news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10378604-264.html]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23334628 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:16:00 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23334606 said by shearer:

What's the projected release date for 3.6 Final? It's not on the Mozilla Release schedule..

Firefox 3.0.16 - eta December 15
Firefox 3.5.6 -eta December 15

[edit] I have read this rumour: The final version is set to arrive sometime before the end of 2009 and the final is scheduled for 2010 ;)

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23334606 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:09:52 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23334310 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23334310 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:54:55 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23331027 said by Snoopy2:

Thanks, just what I thought but had to ask.


NP... :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23331027 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:31:47 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23330590 --
RM1 (USN-RET)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23330590 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:21:39 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23329631 said by Snoopy2:

Is it necessary to uninstall the old version first? Tried to install in its own directory and like beta1, wouldn't execute, just crashed.


Firefox 3.6 b2, by default, installs into a different directory than Firefox 3.5, so it's not an upgrade. Rather, it's a stand-alone test beta that users can run independent from the current version of Firefox they may be using.



»www.crn.com/software/221601241;j···TMY32JVN



-----edit-------

I run both 3.5.5 and 3.6b2 on my Vista32 machine with no problems.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23329631 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:47:13 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23325325 --
RM1 (USN-RET)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23325325 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:44:46 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23325127 'Media' and selects the item at the top of the list, not the image I selected. So it is still a bit of a loss (Try it on this page alone and see how difficult it is to track down images in there. Yeah, can scroll through one by one but why?).

My mistake. Seems to be some particular images are not triggering it correctly. Tried on the main DSLR page and some went right to the proper item in the list.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23322562 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:12:40 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23321927 said by horseshoe:

Thanks Grimm, that did it just fine..Appreciate it..


NP....... :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23321927 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:58:17 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23321857 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23321857 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:45:42 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23321833 said by horseshoe:




»releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla···2/win32/

Go to the en-US/ folder.


]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23321833 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:40:43 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23321651
Thanks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23321651 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:04:17 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23321334 Beta revision 2: released November 10th, 2009
What’s New in Firefox 3.6 Beta (revision 2)

Firefox 3.6 Beta is built on Mozilla's Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering platform, which has been under development for several months and contains many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers and users.

This version is also faster and more responsive than previous versions, and has been optimized to run on small device operating systems such as Windows CE and Maemo.
  • More than 190 bug fixes from the last beta to improve performance, stability, security and features.

  • This beta is available in more than 45 languages - get your local version.

  • Users can now change their browser's appearance with a single click, with built in support for Personas.

  • Firefox 3.6 will alert users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.

  • Open, native video can now be displayed full screen, and supports poster frames.

  • Support for the WOFF font format.

  • Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness and startup time.

  • Support for new CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies.
»en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/fire···senotes/

[edit link: it's on main site now]
»en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/fire···-rc.html
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23321334 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:58:00 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23318959
i didnt notice any speed improvements, either. i'll wait for official]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23318959 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:56:34 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23309737 --
RM1 (USN-RET)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23309737 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:24:00 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23298673 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23298673 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:20:27 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23298453 said by Vchat20:



FYI once you choose "Page Info" you will see the media tab as shown in the capture above, all the media properties can be viewed here.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23298453 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:32:48 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23297978 said by IceDogg:

Also if you right click right on the image it should have a View Image Info option which will take you directly to the page info/media tab like chachazz is saying.. kind of a short cut to it. Like before you would right click on an image and then image properties instead it's View Image Info.
Unfortunately I have not found it and I am running the current beta. I get the page info option but no image info option. If that was there I'd be happy (I do a lot of photo EXIF viewing amongst just being able to quickly view other basic image data on the fly). I've even went directly to an image file with no extra page garbage such as this: »radar.weather.gov/Conus/Loop/NatLoop.gif and still nothing.

For now the extension you linked works and gets the job done.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23294728 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:53 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23294477 this add-on. They think you should use the page info or image info now is the reason they have removed it. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23294477 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:31:18 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23286912 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23286912 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:00:51 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23284502 See Profile

It worked without the addon at first but had problems keeping a persistent persona. I have installed the addon and now the persona stays persistent after a reload.

It's fast and it's a tad touchy.."Beta" What's not to love? :)

---two edits--- I'm a tard..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23284502 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:55:31 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23284034 quote:
I'm not completely nuts about "Persona" but I'll trade my LavaFox Blue theme for the new features.


Have they included this as a default option in 3.6 instead of an extension now?

I had it installed a year ago and it caused all sorts of problems!
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I would report the issue to the IE Tab developer.

»forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic···t=505032
Just Did! Thanks.
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»forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic···t=505032
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I'm not completely nuts about "Persona" but I'll trade my LavaFox Blue theme for the new features.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23281523 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:48:22 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23281071
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2b2pre) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.6b2pre
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I keep trying, and keep getting the "Were sorry, but Firefox has crashed" message & sends a report back with details. I know that Mozilla corp & Microsoft are sworn enemies, but I'm just a pawn in the game of browsing! :D
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3.7 is months away and 4.0 is at least a year away]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23274274 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:16:00 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23273293 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23273293 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:37:55 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23271774 Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 is now available for download
October 30th, 2009 at 4:20 pm

The Mozilla community is proud to release Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 for download. This beta version of the next version of Firefox is built on the Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering engine, containing many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers, and users. The Mozilla community appreciates your feedback and assistance in testing this preview of the next version of Firefox. Your beta software will update itself periodically, and eventually will be updated to the final release itself.

This first revision of the Beta of Firefox 3.6 / Gecko 1.9.2 introduces several new features:
  • Users can now change their browser’s appearance with a single click, with built in support for Personas.

  • Firefox 3.6 will alert users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.

  • Open, native video can now be displayed full screen, and supports poster frames.
  • Support for the WOFF font format.

  • Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness and startup time.

  • Support for new CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies.
Get more info & download links: Mozilla Developer News

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23271774 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:42:35 EDT Re: [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23250326
I have noticed that IE 8 is faster than firefox as well. You can see on my sig line what I am running it on.

Anyone know how long it usually takes for Beta 1 to go to finished product? I have not really kept uo with release dates previously. I was on a dial up connection before and it proved to slow for FF to work its best but now on a faster connection and am looking forward to FF upgrades.

George
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Autism Speaks, Please Listen!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23185586 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:59:07 EDT [FireFox] Firefox 3.6 fast and faster http://www.dslreports.com/forum/FireFox-Firefox-36-fast-and-faster-23185072 "With Windows 7 scheduled for general availability in about a week, Mozilla is getting ready to support some of its best known features as they progressively come to Firefox 3.6 nightly development releases"...»mozillalinks.org/wp/

Expect a Faster Firefox
The Mozilla Firefox developers are planning to release the first beta of the upcoming web browser Firefox 3.6 next week (to be precise on October 14 which is also the release date for the beta of Firefox 3.5.4). Not that many Firefox users will take notice of these two beta version releases but those that do will notice performance improvements in Firefox 3.6 beta. The Mozilla team is not only concentrating on the usual options to increase the web browser’s performance (that is JavaScript mainly) but also performance of the web browser in general which would include loading times and responsiveness."...»www.ghacks.net/2009/10/10/expert···xt-week/

...psst..
[att=1,l]
»ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/···nightly/
quote:
These are NIGHTLY BUILDS. They are completely untested. We don't even know if they start up without crashing.

Use at your own risk!
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